Virgil Stewart WOOD

1836 - 1863  (27 years)

• Name	Virgil Stewart WOOD  [1]
  Birth	29 Sep 1836	Randolph County, NC   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	CSA: Company H 38th North Carolina Infantry, Pvt in  [2]
  Death	31 Oct 1863	Petersburg, VA   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Wood Family Cemetery, near Denton, Randolph County, NC   [1]
  Person ID	I662	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Jones Kendrick WOOD,   b. 6 Jul 1790, Randolph County, NC d. 5 Sep 1880, Randolph County, NC (Age 90 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ruth Dunn LOFTIN,   b. 28 Apr 1793   d. 28 Mar 1869, Randolph County, NC (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	3 May 1812	Randolph County, NC
  Family ID	F362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Virgil Stewart Wood (1836-1863) Son of Jones Kendrick Wood and Ruth Dunn Loftin Inscription reads: DIED in defending his country (not sure. hard to read.) Oct. 31, 1863 AGED 27 Yrs.1 Mo. & 2 Ds.

  
  

• Notes

  Died at age 27 years, 1 month, 2 days. Virgil was born in Randolph County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting as a Private in Company H (Uwharrie Boys), 38th North Carolina infantry in Randolph County at the age of 19 on November 4, 1861. He was present or accounted for until he died in hospital at Petersburg, Virginia on October 31, 1863 of “apoplexia”. -- Source: John T. Nash

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time In History: This Wood and Lester Family". File 116A.txt [S270] Russell Wood email. [S260] Research of William 'Bill' Penn Wood, III, grandson of John Kerr Wood. Headstone incsription